Being your own manager is not always easy. Whether you’re working from home permanently or just for the time being, remote work comes with its own set of rewards and challenges. Here are a few tips for maximizing the rewards of remote work in a rural area while minimizing its challenges. Have a good internet […]
4G LTE networks are experiencing record levels of traffic as people turn to mobile internet to stay connected in quarantine. Last month, for example, online gaming traffic on Verizon’s 4G LTE network more than doubled. During that same period, video traffic increased by more than a third. As traffic increased, average download speeds have miraculously
If you want to increase the speed of your fixed mobile broadband, a dual Yagi antenna setup is your best bet. These powerful setups, which include one antenna dedicated to downloads and one dedicated to uploads, are 10 times more powerful than omnidirectional antennas. Because they only amplify radio waves in the direction of the
If you want to improve the speed of your fixed mobile broadband connection, a directional (or “Yagi”) antenna is usually your best option. A directional antenna only amplifies the radio waves between your setup and the nearest tower, which makes it much better than an omnidirectional antenna at increasing the download and upload speeds of
To stream video in standard definition, you need a download speed of at least 2 Mbps. To stream in high definition, you need at least 4 Mbps. With an average download speed of more than 20 Mbps, a fixed mobile broadband connection is fast enough to support video streaming on multiple devices at once. Let’s
Sometimes the signal bars on our phones seem almost random. One day, we’re sitting alone in a city bus station, streaming video on three bars of service without a problem. The next day, we’re at home, struggling to upload an email attachment with four bars of service. While signal strength and wireless internet speed are
